Election Watch
National Grand Coalition calls for a recount
Sierra Leone Telegraph 10th March 2018
Politics & Law
Politics & Law
International Women’s Day – Jobs and paid-for schooling can keep girls from early marriages
Laura Stark: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 March 2018: Sub-Saharan Africa is home to four of the top five countries in early marriage – or child marriage – rates: Niger, Chad, Mali and Central African Republic. Despite decades of campaigning to restrict or forbid early marriage, little has changed for the world’s poorest [Read More]
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Polling day in Sierra Leone tomorrow – APC fighting for survival
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 March 2018: Yesterday marked the official end of election campaigning in Sierra Leone, as voters and those contesting prepare for polling tomorrow – 7th March 2018. Over three million people are expected to vote, with turnout expected to be as high as 75%, if the ban [Read More]
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Don’t let your guard down – the struggle is not over yet – says Dr Yumkella
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 March 2018: Election in Sierra Leone is in three days and counting. Most of the parties and their presidential candidates are hard at work on the campaign trail, some hustling for votes, and as evidence suggest in the case of the ruling APC – paying cash [Read More]
Politics & Law
Tribalism – the bane of development progress in Sierra Leone – vote wisely
Lamin Costo Daramy: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 March 2018: Tribalism, regionalism and sectionalism in Sierra Leone politics, are some of the key reasons why our beloved Mama Salone is still in the doldrums, hindering development in communities and regions across the country, and manifesting in social injustice, marginalisation, nepotism, favouritism, violent conflicts [Read More]
Politics & Law
Political manipulation amidst deep socio-political and economic crisis
Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 March 2018: Sierra Leone’s saving grace is that God, who is cooking our communal soup, has not left the kitchen. Believe me, it does not matter who emerges as president in next week’s elections, we are in for a long ride. This is [Read More]
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Yumkella Supreme Court hearing adjourned
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 March 2018: Yesterday’s Supreme Court petition hearing, which is to determine whether Kandeh Yumkella can contest next week’s elections, was postponed to today, 1st March 2018. However, the Sierra Leone Telegraph has learnt that the hearing will now take place next Monday, 5th of March. Is [Read More]
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Sierra Leone National Grand Coalition heading for electoral victory
Alan Luke: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 February 2018: Yesterday, 27th February 2018 was the final NGC campaign rally in Freetown. It was declared a Freedom March. But there was none of the Paopa grandstanding about one million people, being asked to flood the streets of Freetown. It was simply the [Read More]
Politics & Law
Shameful confession of Samura Kamara shows he is unfit to rule
Cyril Barnes: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 February 2018 It appears that every golden handle the APC touches, turns into stone. This year’s election poses unimaginable challenges for the party. First, it was their ill-equipped and insensitive campaign team who are totally inattentive and unarmed with campaign strategies in the wake [Read More]